Cory Conacher and Alex Barre-Boulet were the game's second and third stars. Barre-Boulet now has 2 goals and 5 points in his first 5 pro games.

Syracuse did some good things in this game to nearly crawl out of a three goal hole they dug for themselves early in this contest. Still, the team's got to have a better showing in the 20-30 minutes of games than they did and they cannot allow goals late in periods like they did to Sifers. That ultimately became the margin for Utica and just can't happen. Hockey 101.

It's probably not crazy to suggest that Rochester needed this game more given they were trying to avoid an 0-3 start to their campaign. Syracuse gave themselves a chance by getting it within a two goal deficit at the Second Intermission, but another power play goal by Rochester put the game into garbage time pretty quickly.